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Technological continuity and change : a study of cultural adaptation in pram-class boatbuilding in the Netherlands
(1994-08)
This study traces the development of an ancient class of Northern European watercraft, called pram. The term pram-class is used herein to refer to a broad range of flat-bottom, hard-chine work boats and freighters. The ...
An impractical sort of officer : the army career of Arthur L. Wagoner, 1875-1905
(1994)
Arthur L. Wagner (1853-1905, USMA 1875) was an important and very influential officer in the army of his day. Through a number of propitious assignments and untiring personal commitment, Wagner became the unrivaled military ...
Body fat as a marker for cardiovascular risk factors, health insurance claims, and sick leave costs
(1994)
This study compared the combined costs of health insurance claims and sick leave for employees of Texas A&M University (n=413) with lower versus higher body fat. Higher body fat was associated with nearly a doubling of the ...
Dietary manipulation of lipid deposition and cold tolerance in juvenile red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus
(1994)
Two concerns of aquaculturists who produce red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, are excessive lipid deposition and the susceptibility of this species to cold kill in outdoor ponds during severe winters. Alteration of lipid ...
Design optimization of energy conserving building envelopes
(1994)
The aim o f this dissertation is to present the framework, development, validation, and implementation o f a reliable thermal optimization model for the design o f the physical components o f buildings. The research was ...
The effect of temperature and pressure on laboratory oxidized asphalt films with comparison to field aging
(1994)
Two aging models, the asphalt-aging model and the highway-pavement aging model, are developed to describe oxidative aging in asphalt. The first model is based on first principles accounting for carbonyl formation and ...
Veiling and unveiling Hawthorne's Fuller mystery
(1994)
Eight years after Margaret Fuller's death and just after hearing gossip about the "boor," the "hymen," that he called her "clownish husband," Nathaniel Hawthorne confronted directly for the first time the "riddle" of ...
The professionalization of a science : rhetoric and the evolution of expertise in ornithological discourse
(1994)
Though the writing of physicists and astronomers has been studied, there has not yet been any extensive journal-based analysis of biologists' discourse. In particular, American ornithology warrants research because its ...
Use of selected bactericides to control mesophyllic bacteria including Salmonella on broiler carcasses
(1994)
Broiler skin, parts, and whole broiler carcasses were exposed to a variety of bactericidal compounds in an attempt to improve the microbiological quality of ready-tocook broiler carcasses. The biocides included Lactic Acid ...
Constitutive modelling of damage and plasticity in metal matrix composites
(1994)
A general m ethod for deriving constitutive equations for damage and plasticity in m etal and ceramic m atrix composites has been presented. The discussion is intended to introduce constitutive m odeling to beginning ...